Barcelona Hotels Offer Sightseeing

"Green" Electric Motorcycle

Barcelona, ​​July 28. (EFE) .- The clients of five of the best hotels in Barcelona will make an ecological tourism in the city thanks to Mobec Hotels, a pioneering network of electric scooter rental of hotel that the union wants to expand soon to other establishments the Catalan capital. In a first phase, the hotels that join the initiative, which has the support of Barcelona City Council, are Diagonal Zero, Santos Porta Fira, Me Barcelona, ​​Rey Juan Carlos I and W Barcelona, ​​although there are ten other establishments have expressed interest.

In this pilot phase will offer 30 models of bikes on two different power (27 and 7 horses equivalent, and a top speed of 120 and 65 hm / h) and a range of 60 kilometers, that is enough to visit most prominent landmarks of the city, without having to recharge it in a day. 

The president of the Hotel Association of Barcelona, ​​Jordi Clos, explained that the use of these vehicles, in which two people can travel, avoid (with an average use of 30 km / day for one year) the issuance of 37 tons of C02, the equivalent of planting five blocks of the Eixample district of Mediterranean forest. 

In addition to each hotel's parking the bikes can be recharged in mobecpoints spread Barcelona (one hour is charged 50% of the battery in 3 hours, 100%) with a card that stores provide their customers . 

The cost of service, managed by the company and driven by Going Green Mobecpoint-be for the Premium of 48 euros all day and half day 29, while the service will amount to 42 Economy and 25 euros, depending on length of rental.

The bikes, which can be driven with a conventional permit and will have a sure-are monitored to always know where they are, their degree of charge and any possible accident. 

The Councillor for Mobility, Eduard Freixedo, which has set an example to get the presentation ceremony of a municipal electric bike, said that Barcelona hopes to become the world capital of such vehicles, and this is a good initiative to promote use, especially among those considering changing bike. 

Although Barcelona has more than 290,000 motorcycles and mopeds (with a ratio of 177 units per 1,000 inhabitants, one of the highest in Europe) currently circulating in the city only 150 two-wheeled electric vehicles. 

The City has launched Project LIVE to promote their use, both in the city park and private, so is driving a charging network. 

"One priority is the redevelopment of the existing park to another with greater presence of electric vehicles," said Freixedo, who added that this is also a sector in technological and economic boom in which Barcelona must wager. 

However, the mayor has indicated that the city has not studied the possibility of creating a net lease of these vehicles similar to Bicing. 

The CEO of Going Green, Gonzalo Alonso, stressed that the degree of the electric motorcycle accident is 20% less than conventional ones because of their limited speed and best security systems. "In addition, there are some subjective reasons, because those who choose these vehicles for the pleasure of power, noise or speed," he added. 

Meanwhile, Pep Bartes, Mobicpoint responsible for the company, which specializes in electric mobility projects, said that this pioneering service will help reduce the impact of tourism and is a "grain of sand" to Barcelona bet more directly by these vehicles. 

The project received the financial support of the Catalan Institute of Energy, under its support to energy saving plans.